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The Archaeological Museum of Volos, also known as Athanasakeion Archaeological Museum of Volos, is an archaeology museum in Volos, Greece, that houses many exquisite finds from early 20th-century and modern archaeological excavations in Thessaly. One of the oldest museums of Greece, it was constructed in 1909 and is housed in a neoclassical building. Alexios Athanassakis, a merchant from Portaria, financed its construction and granted it to the Greek State after it was completed.
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